New Jerseyans Go to the Polls

Today we find out who will take on Jon Corzine in the November gubernatorial election. the two leading Republicans are former US Attorney Chris Christie and former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan. Lonegan is the conservative while Christie is the more moderate.

I voted for Lonegan as he is a fiscal hawk and would at least attempt to cut spending, rein in taxes and cut the government payrolls. plus he won't kiss the ass of every single labor union from Cape May County to Sussex County. The problem is that conservatives just can't get elected in this liberal state and that's the downside of Lonegan. He does edge Corzine by a single point but Christie leads him by nine as of two weeks ago.

Christie on the other hand talks like a fiscal conservative as they all do to win the primary but he's an unknown on spending. He's going to win and that may be a good thing as he's the only one of the two who could beat Corzine come fall. Either we keep a liberal tax and spender akin to all the other former Wall Street bigwigs in the Democratic party (and Obama administration) or we get a moderate Republican. The lesser of two evils.

Turnout is expected to be very low so I guess anything could happen but Christie is up in the polls big.